Building a Green World: Africa Green Energy ICT Forum Held
Posted ime:2023-01-19 17:13:52 read:times
With the rapid development of emerging technologies such as 5G, cloud, AI, big data, and the Internet of Things, a digital revolution has kicked off, opening the digital era of "all things perception, all things interconnected, and all things intelligent". But at the same time, due to power problems, there are still many regions in the world that cannot enjoy the convenient services brought by ICT infrastructure. Africa has 1.2 billion people, but 50% of them have no power coverage, and there is a huge energy gap. This is not unrelated to the energy consumption growth, long construction period, and high operating costs faced by the current energy infrastructure.
Eliminate the energy gap, provide green and reliable energy, so that remote areas of the world can enjoy more technological civilization, and the transformation and upgrading of the energy industry is imminent.
"Energy, as the foundation of the digital world, has become a key part of the digital infrastructure and one of the important competitiveness factors of the digital economy." Liang Zhou, chief marketing official of Huawei's digital energy product line, said, "The entire industry needs to pay more attention and increase Large investment. Huawei combines traditional energy technology with digital technology, through energy digitization, using'bit management watts' to provide minimal, green, smart, and safe digital energy solutions to solve the problems and challenges faced by traditional energy. "
GSMA is very concerned about the application of clean energy. Its senior marketing manager DULIP TILLEKERATNE said: "In Africa, nearly 32% of communication base stations are deployed in areas with no or poor city power. These base stations are still powered by non-renewable power sources. We can reduce the use of non-renewable resources through an industry-centric and ecosystem-centric approach."
Paolo Gemma, Chairman of ITU-T SG5 WP2 Environment, Energy Efficiency and Circular Economy and Vice Chairman of ETSI EE2 Working Group Power Supply, expressed his views on the industry at the meeting: "The development of the industry and technological innovation cannot be separated from standards. A good standard can Leading the rapid development of the entire industry. The establishment of energy standards is based on the latest technology and industry development trends to build lower-cost, more efficient, easier to evolve and greener energy solutions, and promote the development of the network in a green & sustainable direction."
When talking about how to provide an efficient network while achieving green energy conservation, Mr. Kassim Diallo, Director of the Planning and Research Department of Orange Mali, said, “The Group focuses on energy conservation, emission reduction and energy efficiency improvement in network construction. Orange Mali responds to the group’s strategy and takes the lead. Adopt digital and intelligent green innovative solutions to maximize fuel consumption and maintenance costs, make full use of green energy to reduce carbon emissions, and aim to build a green, low-energy-efficiency advanced network."
ICT innovation technology facilitates the rapid development of the digital world, brings new thinking, new models, and new practices to various industries, and changes the production and lifestyle of human beings. But at the same time, environmental climate change is affecting the survival of everything. Among them, ICT technology plays this dual role in climate change. On the one hand, it must reduce its own carbon dioxide emissions, and on the other hand, it must be used as a technology to help other industries reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In fact, the development of the ICT industry has always played an important role in reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the whole society.
Human society is becoming more and more intelligent, and at the same time, environmental issues are getting more and more attention. In the future, Huawei will always work with global operators to innovate ICT products and solutions, enabling thousands of industries to save energy and reduce emissions, and jointly build a green and low-carbon smart world.
